Lets stop stopping all the time. When I drive, I am stopped or sitting more than moving. I think about waste while stopped. Waste of energy, waste of time, waste on my vehicle. A waste that does not need to happen.

I live downtown, but the stopping will not be different anywhere in town. There will be less stopping the further from downtown, but impact of less stopping will be the same. I drive as little as I can, but when I do, I notice that I am stopping at many intersections, and sitting. I dont understand why at many, as there are no vehicles there but me, most of the time.

While my vehicle is stopped, idling, it gets the worst MPG. ZERO, zilch, zip, NOTHING. I drive down streets like 1st Avenue south in Fargo and Main Avenue in Moorhead, and I stop at almost every intersection. Why do you have to stop at both 4th street and 2nd street on 12th Avenue North? Do we need to have stop lights on Main Avenue in Fargo at all of 2nd street, 4th street, Broadway, 7th and 8th streets? I understand 2nd. How about a grid system that people can get use to. Every 5, 6, 10 or 12 blocks? Or coordinate lights to travel through? The one ways in downtown Fargo are great for through travel.

Some will argue that you should not have to stop at an intersection for extended periods of time if you have a stop. There are enough lights and stops, for people will go a few blocks to get to an intersection with a stop light or 4 way stop to get where they need to. I dont mean remove all stops, but I truly believe that many of them can be removed.

Stop the stopping is something that can be done in a short period of time if the right people set their mind to it. Maybe Fargo can be proactive and do something right now. We can save anually by removing many stops. Waste of energy ($30,000,000,000), waste of time ($10,000,000,000) and waste on vehicles ($1,500,000,000). Those are all guesstimates, but I believe we can save trillions by stopping the stopping now.